Success

Absolutely.

Josh Allen. All day, every day. Until the end of time.

KC woke up this season. Maybe we can too.

Injuries suck.

We're only built to beat KC. So I'd rather see them in the playoffs.

At this point, all of these games are about the playoffs. Gotta root for KC here, though I like Herbert & the Chargers infinitely more. I've hardly seen the Chargers - but I've heard that Herbert is looking pretty good these days. Great Thurs. night game.

"WAP" was the 1st time I felt like my Dad. What? What the heck is this? What are you kids listening to these days? (shake head slowly, leave room, lament end of society, put on old Beatles record...)

It's stunning how much went into this, and how many things have to go right. I didn't think it was possible to root for anything more than getting the Bills in the playoffs - but I'm pulling for this to go smoothly more than that. This would be a big leap. Efforts like this give me faith in humanity.

COVID has no QB, no running game, and no D. We've had some bad games, and the team is unpredictable - but COVID is NOT beating the Bills this year.

He's not perfect - and when we're not doing well, fans focus on the flaws. But he does some things VERY well. Is there a coach who has been consistently better planning against Brady? Even last week, he made the adjustments to shut TB down in the 2nd half. The gameplan against the Ravens in the playoffs was spectacular. He gameplans well, he makes good adjustments in game. He can be too emotional - I don't think anyone liked how lengthy his tirades were on the sidelines in the wind game. He's got the Rex Ryan thing when it comes to Belichick. Sometimes, the team does seem to give up (that was more evident in the Tyrod days). But he is a good coach. I really don't know if he'll ever be elite, but that is an incredibly short list. "Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good," as they say.

The NFL needs to really re-think that COVID protocol. I can't remember if I'm allowed to say that - but it's too strict. At this point, the world has to get on w/ its business.

Honestly - I think it's been a lot better the past couple of weeks. I think Brown makes a big difference.

Apologies for the vague title, and as everyone knows, I'm stealing from Levy - but right now, I'm loving where we are. The over-hype in preseason and in September just didn't feel right. Maybe I'm rationalizing, but I think this team plays better when they have something to prove. In the AFC right now, the hype has completely switched over to the Patriots, and the Bills are an afterthought. I saw Pats fans online last week - a lot of them - already celebrating the division title. Meanwhile, the Bills have the easiest remaining schedule, with 3 games at home against losing teams. If the Pats DO want that division title, they have to earn it w/ wins away at a tough Colts team, at home against a Bills team that they needed 40 mph winds to beat, and then close the season in their house of horrors at Miami. And no matter what happens, as long as the Bills can clinch a playoff berth, they'll go into the playoffs as a team that the league has written off as one of the "real" contenders. Even if we do win the division. Of course it would be nice to have a 3 or 4 game lead in the division right now, and be watching mainly to find out who we'd play in the 2nd round game. But this is fun, and will be much more sweet if they pull it off. I think that not only can we make a big run, but that the circumstances are now more beneficial for us to do so.

As long as we still get into the playoffs - I think this season will serve us well in the future. Games like the Jags, Pitt, TN - had they played as hard as they did in the 2nd half against the Bucs, those games likely aren't close. If your goal is a championship, there aren't any weeks or plays you can take off. It all evens out. Last year, we rolled after the AZ game & everything went our way. We had more bad breaks this year.

Big plays have killed us. Blocked punt against Pitt, late INT against the Jags, 1 big run by the Pats. I can't remember a season that was so lopsided for close games, even during the drought. The hope is that it "evens out" over the last month. I hate to use the cliche - but we're the team no one wants to play in January. Just get in.

I'd love that, but the more I think about it, the more I think that hitting the road for the playoffs may not be such a bad thing. It's been talked about at length here, but we're just not a bad weather team. Not that we couldn't get bad weather in Baltimore, KC, NE or anywhere - but it's much more likely that we'll get it in Buffalo. Last year's Ravens game was hard to watch at points because of the wind, and our O only scored 1 TD. Same w/ the Pats game last week. Maybe this is all playing out exactly as it needs to for a Bills SB run. Or maybe I'm just rationalizing.

It's pretty sickening. I don't think it's a "fix," but I think it is subconscious w/ officials. Maybe if Allen & the Bills start winning SB's, they'll get more favorable treatment. It would take years before I feel like things are "even."

If you had told me when I started watching sports the extent to which 2 guys would torment my enjoyment of said sports, I'm not sure I would have signed up. I agree w/ some who have said that it would have been cool to beat him in the last one - but ultimately, what's the difference? Brady owned this team, as much as ownership is possible in any team sport. Maybe I'll appreciate him someday. It's doubtful, though.

There is zero doubt that some fans protect themselves from disappointment. Zero.

I don't think the OP qualifies as optimism, necessarily. It's a positive viewpoint, but it's based on observation - not just a wing & a prayer. It's pretty obvious that there is a subset of fans - here and everywhere, in every sport - who purposefully think pessimistically, just to protect themselves from disappointment. Which is fine - but it's just not how I roll.

They've put over a decade into this. I can't imagine how it must feel for them while they're waiting to see if it all goes as planned - I'm nervous, and I'm not even involved. It will greatly expand our knowledge of the cosmos if all goes well. I'm stoked.

Belichick is the best who ever coached in the league - but sometimes the mythology is too much. Are we really to believe that he'll prepare more intensely for a game that likely decides the division because McD made a comment? That he was going to take it a little lightly, but with that comment, he'll now go all out?

All 7 points are spot on. I especially agree on Allen - I'd follow that guy through the gates of hell at this point. I think it was he & no one else who inspired the rest of the team to that 2nd half comeback. If you're a player on a team, and you see that kind of effort, it lifts you up. He's a true leader. I love Phillips play over the past few weeks - as well as Davis. And I think Jackson is playing really well. He's physical and seems to read the field well. I'd add Brown. I didn't focus on him, but he was hard to miss on Allen's long TD run. Somehow, he outran Allen to the goal-line for the last block he needed after that long run. And the play before, he pushed the defender right off his feet. I wish I could be like you on the losses. I've been a fan for 50 years, and the last 2 weeks ripped my heart out. But, being the Bills fan that I am, I am already looking ahead & still believing that it's all there for the taking for this team.

Surprising take from you.

Oh, I know - just being goofy. My kids aren't happy about how the season has gone & are in that "who cares if we even make the playoffs now" mode. After the drought, I'll never be like that. Just get in.